Poople #202025-09-03
Poople #20: FART to POOP
The shortest 5-step ladder from FART to POOP, plus the full solution and a replay of puzzle #20.
Play Poople #20
#20 FART
F
A
R
T
Poople #20 answer: FART to POOP
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Answer path
fart
fort
foot
boot
boop
poop
5 movesHardFirst hint: change the 2nd letter.
Path analysis
This route reaches POOP in 5 moves. Breadth-first search reaches every route with fewer moves first, so POOP cannot be reached in fewer than 5 moves from FART.
- Moves
- 5
- Difficulty
- Hard
- Shortest paths
- 5
The dictionary has 5 equally short routes; the route below is one of them.
- Move 1: FART → FORT — change the 2nd letter from A to O.
- Move 2: FORT → FOOT — change the 3rd letter from R to O.
- Move 3: FOOT → BOOT — change the 1st letter from F to B.
- Move 4: BOOT → BOOP — change the 4th letter from T to P.
- Move 5: BOOP → POOP — change the 1st letter from B to P.
This Poople puzzle starts from FART and reaches POOP by changing one letter at a time. The shortest known path takes 5 moves.